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Re: gear stuff... again
On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, E. George Oeser wrote:
> ultralight Thermarest and has a wonderful non-slip pastic covering, I think
> it was the first time in my life that I slept on a sleeping pad insrtead of
> next to one.
the new thermarests are made with a higher friction surface called
stay-tek or something like that. It feels like cordura nylon.
For those of us stuck with the old slippery kind, cascade designs I think
does put out a high friction spray-on coating, but the only person I know
who ever used it hated it.
There is also a product called the slip-not (get it- "slip-knot"?) which
is a thin sticky rubber mat (about 10" wide) which wraps (and secures w.
velcro) around your therma-rest to stop you from waking up in a pile on
the downhill side of your tent.
BTW - my backpacking trip for this past weekend got cancelled (all the
others pulled out because of the imminant monsoons - wimps!) so I am
going to try it again this coming weekend. Does anybody know about mud
conditions in the Adirondacks? (Pharoh Lakes region, near Lake George)
thanks,
jeff (the gear weenie)
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